“Firmament“ Margaret Cavendish (1623 - 1673)

Film by Jack Cornell Music by Frances M Lynch “Firmament” for solo soprano & tenor viol Words by Margaret Cavendish from Nature’s Pictures 1671 Performed by the composer with Annabel Malton (tenor viol)l “Thoughts are like stars in the firmament; some are fixed, others like the wandering planets, others again are only like meteors. Understanding is like the Sun, which gives light to all the thoughts. Memory is like the Moon, it hath its new, its full and its wane.” Nature’s Pictures 1671 Produced by Frances M Lynch & Herbie Clarke at Birnam Studios, London First Released Online during the Covid-19 Pandemic, 20th Sept 2020 as part of the “Echoes from Essex“ project This commission was supported by the Arts Council Emergency Response Fund (National Lottery). Frances M Lynch is supported by PRS Foundation’s The Open Fund for Music Creators